Bath-room heater.



G. E. SHARPE.

BATH ROOM'HEATER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 28, 1912.

. 1,061Q332, Patented May 13,1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ,oF oE;

GEORGE E. SHARPE, OF STEUBENVILLE, OHIO.

BATH-Room HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 28, 1912. Serial No. 728,311.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE E. Sunnrn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Steubenville, in the county of J efferson and 6 State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bath-Room Heaters, of which the following is a. specification. v

This invention is an heater intended more 10 particularly for use in bath rooms and adapted to be set into the tiled wall of the room, and so constructed as to receive and support one or more electric bulbs, the heat from which will be thrown into the room.

The invention seeks to rovide a heater of the stated type whiclrwill be simple in its construction and which will permit a circulation of air therethrough whereby the tem .pei'aturc of-the room may be quickly raised The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and will be hereinafter drum 5 and are perforated, as shown at 7, for-the passage of securing,' screws 8 which pass upwardly through the bottom of the drum and the )erfm'ations-into 'the sockets 9, which may he of the usual or any preferred construction, and are intended to supportelectric lamp bulbs,- indicated at It) i in dotted lines. 1

The drum or casing 5 all its sides with a flangell-fitting closely against the rear face of the mainframe.

and the flange 4 thereon. and securing bolts 12 are inserted through the main frame/mid the'said flange to secure the parts firmly and closely together, shown. I

A reflector 13, preferably of highly bur; nished sheet copper, is secured to th nce plate or main frame and extends rearward}? therefrom in spaced relation to thedrum or 5" casing, and is rnclosed on all sides by-the said drum or casing. This refiect'or'is-of a box like form having its upper'end H open, and having its lower end closed by a. plate 15 which extends from the lower edge Patent-ed May 13,1913.

is provided along i of the reflector to the lower ed e of opening in the main frame, on is there provided with a downwardly extendi 1 flange lli lilting against the inner face o by bolts 17, as clearly shown.

in order to reinforce the structuronndtq v prevent the bottom ilatc 15 being ruptured by the pressure of-tlie securing nuts on the bolts 17, as the said plate tends to expand 1 the main frame and secured rigidlythereto -u. l

and contract under varialionsof tempera-q,

is substantially an open rectangle having a forwardly projecting hood 2 formed around the edges or sides of the opening therein, said hood being provided with slots or open- 4 ings 3 throughout its extent which will pormit-n.ir;to" pass through the'frame and will also import r al-ornamental appcarnnee therehereinafter iuore phrticulerly set forth.

45 The main frame or face plate-1 is pro-- vided on its inner side around all its edges with a reurwardly projecting flange 4, and against the inner faced the said plate and turc, I provide the reinforcing plate 21' which lits closely under the depending liungc 16 and has its upper edge extended slightly reurwardly, as shown. in- Fig. 2,

whereby it tits closely against the bottom plate 15 at the front edge thereof 'ah'd til r byfuitls in supporting said'plqte; '.lhis-bo t--j 1- tom plate 15 is cor i'structed-withopenin'g8 13 disposed immediately over the sockets-t), so that the electric lamp bulbs 10 may pass.

through the said openings to engage andvbe supported by the sockets. 1 i

The front. vertical edges of the-reflector.

confined bv the said flange .is-a'shcet metril 5o casing'or drum 5, said drum being closed on its back and all -it2s-sidcs,'so that escape of air will be revented-except through the hood. The sec plate or main frame 1 is further provided at the lower edge of the 55 opening therein w th rearwardly projecting lugs 6 which extend over the bottom of the 4 the hood and will be tinnly su by. A crown 20is provide. on the. frame belowthe o .nings 3 onuthefuppe portion of these as to extend-across; l and hide the open upper end of theirsflootor which, if ex sed'to view, ""wonld detract, from the sig tliness of the heater."

are secured by bolts 19 to the sidejed of 1o? The lamps will be wired in the ordinary manner, and a button or switch may be:

provided at any point in the face of the heater or any convenient space, and as these details form no part of my invention and'will be readily understood by a person skilled in the art, I ha e deemed it unneces= sary to illustrate the same.

The heater having been secured in place, when it is desired to riiise the temperature of the room the electric circuit is, closed, so that the current will flow into and through the lamps in the usual manner. The heat radiatingfrom the lamps strikes the reflector and willbe thrown therefrom through the open front of the heater into 'the room. At the same time, heated currents will rise from the reflector through theoginixigs in the upper portion of the 'hood overthe open upper end of the re fiector, and air will pass into the lower portion of the drum or casing and flow up- ..wardly between'therefloctor and the back and sides of the casing, finally passing-out throughthe; upper portion and the sides of the hood into the room. By empl0ying a sheet copper reflector, the heat thrown out by the lamps will be quickly transmitted I to the air currents flowing upwardly through the heater, and said currents will be quickly" raised in temperature. It will thus be. seen that by my device heating is accomplished by. circulation as well as by radiation, and economy in theconsumption ofcui'rent will bethereby ellected.

-My device is composed of few parts, which are simple in their construction and arrangement, and the device may be economic'elly" rnan'ifactured. The casing or drum may be made to fit snugly in the open- .iug provided therefor in the wall, and. may,

if desired, 'be externally covered withasbestos'or other fire proof material to protect the immediately adjacent parts of the building. Their-out plate or main frame may set-in the wall flush with the surface of these-me, or inary be slightly set oil therefrom, butin neither arrangement will it detract from the-appearance of the'troom,

and maybe-ornamented inany desired mannor so as to ha e a. finish according to the taste or wishes of the owner.

- It will be noted, upon reference more pertieularly to Fig. 2, that the reflector extends lo the forward edge of the foraminous hood andthesaid hood not only provides means for efieoting a circulation of air around the reflector within thedrum, but also brings iol'ward edge of the reflector in advance ot-the face plate so that a, large reflector n'mybe used without necessitating a large drum and the device may, therefore, bereadily fitted in a thin wall. The face plate will extend around the edges of the openiug in the wall and completely hide from view the rough jagged lines resulting from the breaking of the wall in making the opening, and the flange around the edgoe of the fncc plate will serve to space the face plate from the surface of the wall 'sufli ciently to accommodate the securin nuts and the flange of the drum. A siallow opening in the Wall will accommodate the device and at the same time a large lamp may be employed.

Having thus described my invehtiomwhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. The combination of a face late hav ing a central opening and provic ed With'a '80 forwardly projecting foraminous hood around said opening, a drum secured to the rear face of said plate around said opening,

a reflector secured in the opening of said.

plate and extending into and spaced from the drum, and means for supporting a heating member in advance of the reflector.

2. The combination of a face plate hav ing an opening there'rhrough and provided with a forwardly projecting foramin'ous hood around said opening and 9. depending forwardly projecting crown at the upper" portion of said hood, a drum secured to the' rear face of the -face plate around said owning, a reflector secured edges of the hood and extending through the opening in the face plate into and spaced from the drum, the upper end of the reflector being above the lower edge of the crown, and means for support-ing'a heating member in advance of the reflector;

3. The combination of a face plate having an opening therein, a reflector secured to face plate at the side edges of said opening, a bottom plate supporting said re fleet-or and extending across the lower end thereof and having its :troot edge bent downwardly to fit against. the face plate at the lower edge of the opening therein, a reinforcing bar fitted against the said bottom plate and the front down-turned portion of the same, and securing devices inserted through the face plate, the reinforcing bar, and the down-turned port-ion of the said bottom plate.

In testimony whereof I cilia my signature in presence of: two witnesses.

GEORGE E. Sl-lARPE.

Ni tnesses V THOMAS donned, Jenn A. Heston.

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